Penholder



May 31, 1932- o. ZIMMERMANN 1,861,171

PENHOLDER Filed May 24, 1929 ATTORNEYS jy A primary object of thepresent invention .v Mounted'in cavity 21 is an vinsert 23 of- PafentedMay 341, 1932V NT orner erro or man, cnam PEN'HO 1 Application med Hay24, 1

This invention relates to pen holders, and j more particularly to deskpen holders especiall adapted for the reception of pens of the ibuntalnpen type.

is to provide a pen holder wherein the parts are separable and themovable part is capable of being moved and adjusted'universally and ofbeing held solely-by friction in any ad-A justed position.

A further object of the invention 1s to provide a pen holder wherein themovable membenor part is large enoughy to recelve a pen-holding tubewithin its confines and 1s heavy enough to coact with a frictional seatfor the Aestablishment of a stable grip or hold.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pen holder whichcan bemanufactured in an easy manner, which has a simple con-y struction, andwhich has an attractive ap` pearance.

Other yob'ect's and advantages of the invention will become apparentfrom the following description taken in'conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, in which Fig.

1 is a sectional view of one embodiment of my v invention;l Fig. 2 showsa plan view of the base of the pen holder illustratedy in Fig. 1; 3 Fig.3 is a side elevation of F ig. 1, partly in section, .with thepen-holding member inclined fromthe'perpendicular; vand Fig. 4represents a modified pen-holding member.

Referrin more particularly tol Fig. 1 the reference c aracter designatesa'base of my improved pen holder. The baseis preferabl made of someheavy material such as jinete stone or the like. In the 'present in`stance, Vonyxis used for the base because of its vattractive appearance.`To the bottomof the base a felt mat 22 is affixed to revent scratchingof a. desk or other` piece -o furni. ture upon which Y, the pen holder,may be placed. In the upper part of bas'ek 20 a hol,- loa7 cavityorhole 21 is cut. The hple 2ll is illustrated s having acylindrical shapealthoigh o er appropriate shapes may Abe use "o metal or other suitablematerial. The insert tion of the insert is preferably develo ed as abowl or spherical concavity 26.7

ofthefountain pen mounte bular member 51 whic is secured -by a flan Lum929. serai No. assises. I

preferably 1s soconstructed as to provide a iange or shoulder l24adapted to engage the surface of base 20vv contiguous to the peripheryof the cavity and to provide a channel 25 adjacent to the ange 24. Thecentral port the center of the bowl a screw -27 projects through tleinsert to engage a lug 28 so as te secure insert 23 fixedly and tightlyto the eo base 20. Within channel 25 a friction ring 29 of soft rubberor the like' is seated to provide/ a frictional seat. On this seat arelatively large and heavy body 30, preferably of er spherical shape, isplaced. The body 1has a spherical bottom and a cylindrical bore '31.Firml seated. in the bore is a pen tube 32 held rom slipping downwardlyinto bore 31 by collar or shoulder 33'. This pen tube im may be of anysuitable t' especiallyadapted for the reception of ountain pens.Toseliminate an possibility of the pen tube being accidental y removedor dropping out, s the' tube can be/cemented or otherwise bonded/175orsealed in the bore.

By the aforesaid arrangement'of elements a desk pen holder is providedwhich has a body member capable of being moved in any direction in `therubber seat and which hasV suiiicient frictional drag between themovablebody memberand the base member tov hold the body member in anadjusted position and to resist the turnin or tilting effect in the pentube.

Insome instances, I may use `a modiied body member suchA as illustratedin Fig. 4. The modified body member has a hollow shell 50, preferablyofspherical shape and metal character. Projectin in the .shell is a t190g 52 to the outer surface of the shell.v Withln this tubular member amodified. pen tube 53 is seated or sealed. This tube consists of aclosed bottom member 54, an intermediate ring 55 and a mouth ring 56.

' A pen- 'pp' washer 57 of rubber is clamped be ween Vttom Amember 54and intermediate' 55. by s'crewin [the latter.

two' parts together by means o threads' 58 l lwhile a secondpen-gripping washer 59is clamped between the mouth ring 56 and theintermediate vring 55 by screwing the two rings together by means ofthreads 60. These two rings can grip the head of a fountain pen and canholdthe pen firmly 1n position. Tok give stability to body member 50, Iadd heavy ballast `such as buck-shot 61 to the interiorV of the hollowshell 50. The shot lo is added to the shell through tubular member 51before the pen tube is sealed therein. Openings 62 at the bottom oftubular member 51 permit the shot to .pass into the space within theshell. With this arrangement relatively large body members can be madefrom sheet metal and filled with buck-shot to give weight thereto. -Themodified body member can be used in place of the body member illustratedin the other figures of the drawings.

It is to be observed that although I have described specific embodimentslof my in-- venton, the invention is not tobe restricted to suchparticular embodiments. Various modifications in detail and in thearrangement of the parts may be made by those skilled in the art withoutdeparting from the invention.

I claim:

i. A pen holder comprising a base having an open shallow concavity,substantially less than a semi-sphere', in the upper surface thereof, ametal. insert mountedin said concavity and 'provided with a relativelynaru row frictional element iixedly incorporated in the periphery ofsaid metal insert, a relatively 1arge, heavy body of substantiallyspherical shape seated in said insert, the extent of the surface of saidbody in contact with the surface of said element being suicient toretain said body :frictionally seated, while permitting practicallyuniversal motion of said body, within said insert, the extent of thesurface of said body not in conu tact with the surface of said elementbeing suicient to permit of the body being grasped by the hands for thepurpose oi removing the l same from said base, and a pen tubeembeddedin, and frictionally retained within,

o said bodyfor receiving the head portion of a pen and permitting theremainder of the pen to project outwardly from said body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

u OTTO zIMMEMMANN.`

